maeja

She/Her ✴︎ French author living in Iceland ✴︎ I like polar, historical fiction & fantasy but I read a little bit of everything

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My Taste

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

Reading...

The She-Wolf of France (The Accursed Kings, #5)

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plankton

Bookish Creativity 🖌

Hi all! I've just been thinking about how sometimes I finish a great book and it makes me want to create! I don't wanna leave this book and this world behind yet, so I always turn to art to express some feelings, or draw some characters that I really like, etc. Fanart is something that gives me so much joy, and for me it is a way to kind of keep my relationship with a book alive and reflect on it! For some books I also start curating playlists that reflect the book's vibe so I can just dive back into it whenever I listen to these songs.

So I was wondering how you engage with your fav books, do you do the same as me, or does it animate you to write / cosplay or something entirely different?? :D

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maeja

Reading in a foreign language?

Hi ! I'm French and I live in Iceland. Obviously, there are no books in French in the bookshops, but there are lots of original versions in English. I'm comfortable with this language in my everyday life, but I have to admit that it's very difficult to immerse myself in novels that aren't written or translated in my mother tongue... 😅 Have you encountered this situation? And do you have any tips? The last thing I found was to listen to the audiobook while reading the book.

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carls

Reading Around the World Challenge

My current decade-long reading goal is to read one book from each country around the world! This has been a wonderful experience and I've encountered so many wonderful books! The only difficulty I've faced is there are a few books that I've seen that look incredible, but haven't yet been translated into any languages that I read!

I have two questions - is anyone else trying this challenge, and would we like to make a thread / group about the challenge itself?

Secondly, I'm curious if anyone has any recommendations for books from their home country that they might recommend. I'll go first - Greenlands by Michael Christie (A Canadian) was a surprise gem, and helped me out of a huge reading slump!

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maeja wants to read...

The Only One Left

Riley Sager

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred. Stabbed her father with a knife Took her mother’s happy life It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything. “It wasn’t me,” Lenora said But she’s the only one not dead As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

maeja wants to read...

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses, and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

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Summer Sons

Lee Mandelo

Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom with bleeding wrists that mutters of revenge. As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie’s nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble, letting in the phantom that hungers for him.

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The Only One Left

Riley Sager

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE. At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy. This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations. New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work. Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights. A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.

maeja finished reading and wrote a review...

DNF

maeja

Sep 03, 2025

DNF

Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

Nice plot and concept, but this book is probably suitable for a younger audience.

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Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle, #1)

Adam Silvera

Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers—a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures. Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting to stop. The cycle of violence has taken a toll, making it harder for anyone with a power to live peacefully and openly. In this climate of fear, a gang of specters has been growing bolder by the day. Then, in a brawl after a protest, Emil manifests a power of his own—one that puts him right at the heart of the conflict and sets him up to be the heroic Spell Walker Brighton always wanted to be. Brotherhood, love, and loyalty will be put to the test, and no one will escape the fight unscathed. Balancing epic and intensely personal stakes, bestselling author Adam Silvera’s Infinity Son is a gritty, fast-paced adventure about two brothers caught up in a magical war generations in the making.

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maeja

Reading in a foreign language?

maeja set their yearly reading goal to 17

maeja's 2025 Reading Challenge

11 of 17 read

The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2)

The Strangled Queen (The Accursed Kings, #2)

The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings, #3)

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ElerinnaStudio

How many is too many?

How many books do you read at the same time and why?

I feel like only one is not enough to keep me focus, so here I am juggling between 4 and having so much fun I might add a fifth. I have 2 book in french, 2 in english, 2 in audiobooks, 1 paperback and 1 on my kindle.

It's like having multiple format helps me keeping my enjoyment for reading (ADHD life, it might seems).

What about you??

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ElerinnaStudio

Thoughts from 1%

Cheh Philippe V, as we say in argot French. Never been so satisfied by a novel's prologue.

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